Throughput-Based Mapping Algorithm for Video Streaming over IEEE 802.11e WLAN

Table 2

Notations used in TMA algorithm.

Term	Definitions	Term	Definitions
	The backoff stage		The retry limit
PI	Probability of a slot being idle	PB	Probability of a slot being busy
q1i	The probability of time slots without transmissions by non-AC0 queues	q2i	The probability of time slots without transmissions by any AC queue
	Average length of the packet payload		Length of each time slot
	The average length of successful transmission		The average length of collision resolution
	The probability of no packet transmitted from stations after a busy slot		The probability of no packet transmitted from stations after an idle slot
	The contention window size of backoff stage j for		The successful transmission probability of
	he stationary distribution with state for		he stationary distribution for with state